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Compartmentalization Index: Description and Applications in Anthropological Studies López Rey, José M. Cambra Moo, Óscar García Martínez, Daniel Objectives: The cross-sectional area occupied by mineralized tissues is so high in non-adult individuals that linear methodsprovide limited information about its variation along their bones. This issue can be addressed using the compartmentalizationindex, a non-linear index that amplifies differences in cross sections with more than 90% of the mineralized area. Materials and Methods: We selected five femur diaphyseal cross sections of 35 non-adult Homo sapiens individuals fromperinatal to 5 years old. Then we measured the percentage of mineralized area of each section and calculated the correspondingcompartmentalization index. Subsequently, the distribution of both measurements was graphically tested. Results and Discussion: As expected, variations of femur diaphyseal mineralized areas are visually magnified using the com-partmentalization index for values exceeding 90%, but the significance of statistical comparisons between groups is not affected. This makes the index particularly useful for exploring subtle variations in the early stages of growth and development. In addi-tion, we found that using either the compartmentalization index or direct percentage measurements is equally effective for crosssections with lower mineralized area, as the data distributions are comparable. This also allows applying the compartmentaliza-tion index in research focused exclusively on adult individuals. 2025-08-28T11:22:45Z 2025-08-28T11:22:45Z 2025-08-28T11:22:45Z 2025-06-28 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/123493 2692-7691 10.1002/ajpa.70087 eng info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-115854GB-I00/LA EVOLUCION DEL SISTEMA RESPIRATORIO HUMANO (III): RECONSTRUCCIONES DE TORAX EN 3D DE H. SAPIENS TEMPRANO, BIOMECANICA VIRTUAL Y FISIOLOGIA RESPIRATORIA DURANTE EL EJERCICIO info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICIU/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/ PGC2018-099405-B-I00/CONSTRUYENDO LAS IMAGENES DE GUERREROS EN EUROPA. EL PAPEL DEL CAMPANIFORME IBERICO TIPO CIEMPOZUELOS info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/ HAR2016-78036-P/FORMAS DE OCUPACION Y ORGANIZACION DEL ESPACIO EN EL NORTE PENINSULAR: EL TERRITORIO ASTUR ENTRE EPOCA ANTIGUA Y MEDIEVAL A TRAVES DEL REGISTRO ARQUEOLOGICO Y PALEOAMBIENTAL S2024/SI4%2FPJI-00104 /Implementación de Técnicas de Antropología Virtual para el Estudio de Colecciones Osteológicas Humanas de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Análisis de la variación en los volúmenes del hueso cortical y la dentina en seres humanos anatómicamente modernos López-Rey, J. M., Cambra-Moo, Ó., & García-Martínez, D. (2025). Compartmentalization Index: Description and Applications in Anthropological Studies. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 187(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/AJPA.70087 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International John Wiley & Sons